The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-05

side. We were about to get into them when
Mike said to the captain
Amt we going to have some of them
Struggled diamonds for helping you to get
them ashore, captainP
have nc diamonds replied the captain.
Now that it is all over l don't mind telling
you that there really is dead body in that
box. tried to put you fellows off by saying
it contained diamonds and silks
Wen make sure of that, captain, said
Mike, who started toward the cabin door
with Tony.
1.-THE captain drew his revolver and
pointed 1t at Mike, who stopped. So did
"'rhat box contains the body of nv sister.
1t must not be touched. If you want to live
get into the boatp cried the captain.
Mike, followed by Tony, climbed down
into the smaller of the two boats. Then six
of the men, the steward and the two mates
tumbled into the larger boat. The captain
was about to follow, when the boat pushed
off from the side. Then the captain told me
and the only remaining sailor to get into the
smaller boat, into which he followed US. We
bad just pushed away when the bark gave
plunge forward, keeled over to one side and
sank. We narrowly escaped being swsmped
by the sinking of the vessel. We could see
the land about twenty miles to leeward.
noticed that the captain didn't seem pleased
at being in the smaller boat along with Nike
and Tony. 1 thought that he was going to
hail the big.boat and have the mate change
places with him; but when looked around
| saw that the other boat was max
ing rapidly for the land and
was fast getting beyond hailing distance. 1
pulled the stroke oar, and just behind me
was Tony, who was next to Nike. The cap
tain urged them to pull hard in order to
keep as ne ar as possible to the big boat, but
the two chaps took it easy, and in an hour
the other boat was out of sight. l could
hear Tony and Mike whispering to each
other in low tones, but could not make out
what they said. The captain in steering the
boat moved rather stiffly, as though his
clothes didn't set easy on him. / got the
idea that he must have something slowed
away ABOUT him. 1 had no doubt that the
box had contained diamonds, and that he
had them about him. After we had been
about three hours in the boat Tony Jumped
up, and, pointing astern of the boat, cried,
Look therep
1.-THE captain turned around to look, and
Tony spTapg over me. / saw the blade of
stiletto flashing in his hand. Quick as a
flash grappled him, and we both fell in the
bottom of the boat. Mike jumped toward
Us, but before he could do anything the cap
tain had got the stiletto out OF Tony's hand.
Then he covered Tony with his pistol and
made him crawl back to his place behind
me. The captain kept his pistol out, and
MADE the two mutlneers row hard for several
hours. We were getting in close to the land,
when cOasting schooner came along and
picked us up. The captain said nothing
about the mutiny. Late in the afternoon
the schooner landed us in Bermuda, where
we found the crew of the other boat. The
captain reported the loss of the bark to the
American Consul, but said nothing about
the mutiny. Nearly all OF the crew shipped
on vessels then in port. The Consul gave
me passage on a steamer that sailed for New
York a few days afterward. The captain
came to see me OFF, and handed me an order
for $500 on his New YORK agents / at first
told him that 1 couldn't take pay for helping
him to smuggle diamonds, but he said that
there was no law against his taking dia-
monds from England and landing them in
an English colony, and that probably he
Womb dispose of his diamonds before going
to America again. That overcame my scru-
Piles. With my $500 1 started here in the
junk line in small way. That, gentlemen,
is the way / started in business"